Benefits to Indoor Cats

The Indoor vs. The Outdoor Cat

Below are some important benefits of keeping cats indoors:

Indoor cats do not get hit by cars.
Indoor cats don't get injured in fights with other neighborhood cats or wildlife.
Diseases such as feline leukemia, rabies, upper respiratory disease and feline immunodeficiency virus can be serious and life-threatening. Common parasites picked up by outdoor cats include fleas, ticks and worms.
Indoor cats can save you money. There is less need to seek emergency attention for cats that have been in fights or hit by a car. There is also less need to treat diseases and parasites which are contracted from other cats and wildlife.
Newly available medicines which help keep fleas under control have to be administered on a continual basis if the cat goes outside. It may be possible to subdue fleas if the cat stays inside.
In most places it is legal for property owners to trap domestic animals that wander on to their properties. Wandering cats may end up at the pound or, worse, suffer injury from angry neighbors trying to drive them off.
Indoor cats are safe from predation by wild animals. In rural areas especially, cats can become prey themselves to predators such as coyotes.
Outdoor cats do have a considerably shorter average life span than indoor cats, and cats that are allowed outside are far more prone to infestation of fleas and other parasites.